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If the backing device for a loop device is itself a block device, then mirror the "write zeroes" capabilities of the underlying block device into the loop device. Copy this capability into both max_write_zeroes_sectors and max_discard_sectors of the loop device. The reason for this is that REQ_OP_DISCARD on a loop device translates into blkdev_issue_zeroout(), rather than blkdev_issue_discard(). This presents a consistent interface for loop devices (that discarded data is zeroed), regardless of the backing device type of the loop device. There should be no behavior change for loop devices backed by regular files. This change fixes blktest block/003, and removes an extraneous error print in block/013 when testing on a loop device backed by a block device that does not support discard. Signed-off-by: Evan Green <evgreen@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@wdc.com> [used updated version of Evan's comment in loop_config_discard()] [moved backingq to local scope, removed redundant braces] Signed-off-by: Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@collabora.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.